{"id":4524,"date":"2014-02-18T21:39:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T04:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4524"},"modified":"2014-02-18T21:39:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T04:39:54","slug":"75-of-stapleton-gets-stomach-flu-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4524","title":{"rendered":"75% of Stapleton Gets Stomach Flu in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sick-stapleton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sick-stapleton-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"sick-stapleton\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4526\" \/><\/a>The freezing cold temperatures which lasted nearly two weeks in Denver always cause a disruption in people\u2019s daily lives.  People are much less likely to spend time outside, which means germs spread quickly inside homes.  To make matters worse, many Stapleton residents have kids who go to the same after school activities which compounds the problem.  \u201cI think everyone on our block was sick within a five day period,\u201d said Stapleton resident Jen Myska.  \u201cI am sure everyone\u2019s kids have been in everyone\u2019s house in that time, and of course, everyone got sick.\u201d\n<!--more-->\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stapletonallsports.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Local sports programs<\/a> have noticed kids have been sick as well.  \u201cWe had less than half our kids at basketball last week,\u201d said Luke Dunlap.  \u201cIt was pretty crazy.\u201d  Dr. Andreasen at University of Colorado Hospitals says there is not much that can be done.  \u201cThe usual stuff, washing hands, sanitizing things, and so on, but things like this just spread,\u201d said Dr. Andreasen.  \u201cIn tight knit, homogenous communities like Stapleton, viruses spread very quickly.\u201d\nSome Stapleton residents take extra precautions.  \u201cWe can\u2019t afford to have a sick household,\u201d said resident Laura Young.  \u201cSo, when we know something is going around, we pull the kids from school, and home school them for several days if we have to.\u201d  Young says there are other precautions they take as well.  \u201cWe wear these special sanitized gloves around the house.  Except when we are eating or sleeping, we are all wearing them.  It may seem weird to people, but hey, we\u2019re not getting sick at least.\u201d\nLuckily, weather has warmed up, and flu bugs and viruses don\u2019t spread as well when people are outdoors.  \u201cWe are happy our kids are headed back to school,\u201d says Young.  \u201cAnd we won\u2019t make them wear the gloves until another outbreak.  You can never be too careful.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-74","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}